Behind the scenes of the Kim - Moon meeting

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Bodyguards move cold noodles into the kitchen, South Korean intelligence chief sheds tears, these are little-known images from the inter-Korean summit.

South Korean spy chief Suh Hoon (left) wipes away tears as the leaders of North and South Korea issued the "Panmunjom Declaration" on April 27. Mr. Suh played an important role in arranging the inter-Korean summit, a historic event marking a commitment to end hostilities between the two countries and work towards "complete denuclearization" of the Korean Peninsula, according toKorea Times.

North Korean security personnel disinfect the floor and desk where North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will sit to write in the guest book at the Peace House, a South Korean-run building in Panmunjom.

Kim Yo-jong, Kim Jong-un's younger sister, was all smiles throughout the conference. She was the only woman among the six delegates attending the historic discussion.

Ms Kim is believed to have played a key role in making the meeting happen. In February, she led the North Korean delegation to the Olympics in South Korea, marking the first time a member of the Kim family had visited the South since the end of the Korean War in 1953. It was Ms Kim who delivered a letter from Mr Kim Jong-un to Mr Moon.

North Korean security personnel transport boxes containing ingredients for the famous cold noodles at Okryu-gwan restaurant in Pyongyang to the host's kitchen.

The head chef of Okryu-gwan restaurant personally went to Panmunjom to prepare Pyongyang cold noodles. Pyongyang cold noodles are noodles made from buckwheat flour mixed with potato or sweet potato starch and eaten with kimchi or cold boiled meat broth. When eating, people add thinly sliced boiled pork or beef and boiled eggs, and some places also eat shredded boiled chicken.

The leaders of the two countries ate cold noodles. In his opening remarks at the meeting on the morning of April 27, Kim Jong-un instructed his aides to "carefully bring the cold noodles from North Korea here," causing the surrounding officials to burst into laughter.

North Korean singers perform at the banquet.

Oh Yeon-joon, 11, a South Korean child pop star, performed for leaders and officials from both countries. Oh, who rose to fame at the age of nine, performed at the closing ceremony of the South Korean Winter Olympics in February.